Cross-reference index
This index lists the actual destination of each linked reference in the chapters and essays. Read the destination title alongside the surrounding sentence: a valid entry number alone does not guarantee that a reference points to the intended subject.
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723 linked references.
01 · Avoid an early death
02 · Reduce long-term health risks
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | … smoke. Avoid it even if you do not smoke, especially around children. Practical help follows: medicines, a quit date, cessation services and e-cigarettes. |
| 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | 2-4 · Set a quit date and stop completely that day instead of first cutting down | …id it even if you do not smoke, especially around children. Practical help follows: medicines, a quit date, cessation services and e-cigarettes. |
| 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | 2-5 · Attend a cessation clinic or, in China, call 12320 to ask about local services | … you do not smoke, especially around children. Practical help follows: medicines, a quit date, cessation services and e-cigarettes. |
| 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | 2-6 · Consider e-cigarettes only if other quitting attempts fail; nonsmokers should not start | …cially around children. Practical help follows: medicines, a quit date, cessation services and e-cigarettes. |
| 2-2 · Keep your home and car smoke-free, including for guests | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …old exposure. Children bear 61% of the associated healthy-life loss. For your own smoking, see quitting. |
| 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | 2-4 · Set a quit date and stop completely that day instead of first cutting down | … your own. Medicine eases withdrawal but does not remove situational cravings. Combine it with setting a quit date and cessation support. |
| 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | 2-5 · Attend a cessation clinic or, in China, call 12320 to ask about local services | …s withdrawal but does not remove situational cravings. Combine it with setting a quit date and cessation support. |
| 2-5 · Attend a cessation clinic or, in China, call 12320 to ask about local services | 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | … varies substantially between Chinese clinics, so use the figures as directional evidence. See cessation medicines. |
| 2-6 · Consider e-cigarettes only if other quitting attempts fail; nonsmokers should not start | 22-4 · Decline unknown sweets, snacks and vape cartridges, and replace drinks left out of sight | …gh illegal, unregulated channels; synthetic-cannabinoid cartridges can circulate this way. See do not accept someone else's cartridge. The review tested regulated nicotine products, not unknown e-liquids. Try cessation medicines… |
| 2-6 · Consider e-cigarettes only if other quitting attempts fail; nonsmokers should not start | 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | …ne else's cartridge. The review tested regulated nicotine products, not unknown e-liquids. Try cessation medicines first; the source regards their evidence as stronger and their cost as lower. |
| 2-11 · Aim for 7,000–8,000 steps a day | 2-14 · Accumulate 150–300 minutes of moderate activity weekly; brisk walking counts | …ecessarily causing their early death. The direction of benefit is nevertheless clear. This and 150–300 minutes of weekly activity measure the same broad behavior differently; meeting either target is enough. |
| 2-13 · Sleep around seven hours a night on a regular schedule | 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | …tself is supported here by two observational studies and would receive grade B separately. See catching up after a late night. |
| 2-14 · Accumulate 150–300 minutes of moderate activity weekly; brisk walking counts | 2-11 · Aim for 7,000–8,000 steps a day | Choose this target or 7,000–8,000 daily steps. These studies were observational. Device-based studies had relatively short follow-up and old… |
| 2-17 · Do 30–60 minutes of strength training weekly | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | … because of it. Strength training also helps older adults preserve muscle and avoid falls; see Chapter 1. |
| 2-20 · Drink less alcohol, or none | 2-22 · Count a week's drinks, then discuss them briefly with a clinician | …while heavy drinking clearly harms it; there is no basis for starting to drink for health. See counting drinks and seeking brief advice. Daily drinkers with dependence should not stop abruptly without medical help. |
| 2-20 · Drink less alcohol, or none | 2-21 · If you drink daily and shake or feel your heart race when you stop, get medical help to quit | …or health. See counting drinks and seeking brief advice. Daily drinkers with dependence should not stop abruptly without medical help. |
| 2-21 · If you drink daily and shake or feel your heart race when you stop, get medical help to quit | 2-20 · Drink less alcohol, or none | … alone; the connection is an inference. Quitting remains worthwhile, with medical support. See weekly amounts and help reducing intake. |
| 2-21 · If you drink daily and shake or feel your heart race when you stop, get medical help to quit | 2-22 · Count a week's drinks, then discuss them briefly with a clinician | …ion is an inference. Quitting remains worthwhile, with medical support. See weekly amounts and help reducing intake. |
| 2-22 · Count a week's drinks, then discuss them briefly with a clinician | 2-21 · If you drink daily and shake or feel your heart race when you stop, get medical help to quit | …ity depend on clinicians and product labeling; do not buy these medicines online yourself. See withdrawal precautions. |
| 2-26 · Drink tea at least three times a week | 2-31 · Let hot tea, soup and coffee cool before drinking | … smoke and drink alcohol; adjustment cannot remove all confounding. Avoid scalding drinks; see temperature. Concerning mold toxins, a Chinese study found aflatoxins in 2 of 158 dark-tea samples, with e… |
| 2-29 · Eat fewer ultra-processed foods, such as chips, instant noodles, pastries and ready meals | 2-7 · Stop drinking sugary beverages; switching to diet versions does not settle the issue | …hree issues remain: NOVA groups nutritionally diverse foods together; substantial overlap with sugary drinks and processed meat makes individual contributions hard to separate; and GRADE certainty is low… |
| 2-29 · Eat fewer ultra-processed foods, such as chips, instant noodles, pastries and ready meals | 2-19 · Eat less processed meat: ham, bacon, sausages and luncheon meat | …: NOVA groups nutritionally diverse foods together; substantial overlap with sugary drinks and processed meat makes individual contributions hard to separate; and GRADE certainty is low. Additional benefi… |
| 2-33 · Aim for a BMI of 20–25, and lose excess weight | 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | …s not guarantee the same reduction after losing weight. Meal timing need not be the focus: see breakfast and 16:8 fasting. |
| 2-38 · Keep naps under half an hour; needing one or two hours daily deserves investigation | 3-11 · If sleepy in the afternoon, try a ten-minute nap rather than thirty minutes | …ate snoring and breathing pauses for apnea, and consider blood counts and thyroid testing. See a 10-minute afternoon nap and nighttime sleep. |
| 2-38 · Keep naps under half an hour; needing one or two hours daily deserves investigation | 2-13 · Sleep around seven hours a night on a regular schedule | …es for apnea, and consider blood counts and thyroid testing. See a 10-minute afternoon nap and nighttime sleep. |
| 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | 2-13 · Sleep around seven hours a night on a regular schedule | …iction and weekend recovery create social jet lag, associated with cardiovascular disease; see regular sleep. This is compatible with consistent waking times: go to bed earlier rather than sleep until no… |
| 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | 3-2 · Wake at a consistent time, including weekends | …al jet lag, associated with cardiovascular disease; see regular sleep. This is compatible with consistent waking times: go to bed earlier rather than sleep until noon. |
| 2-40 · Long-term night work carries growing cardiovascular risk; consider changing shifts early when feasible | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …ncer. Leaving night work is an individual decision, not a universal requirement. First address smoking, blood pressure and lipids, and recovery sleep. Two possible measures are restricting meals to… |
| 2-40 · Long-term night work carries growing cardiovascular risk; consider changing shifts early when feasible | 2-12 · Take prescribed blood-pressure and cholesterol medicines regularly; do not stop on your own | …ving night work is an individual decision, not a universal requirement. First address smoking, blood pressure and lipids, and recovery sleep. Two possible measures are restricting meals to daytime and shifting the b… |
| 2-40 · Long-term night work carries growing cardiovascular risk; consider changing shifts early when feasible | 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | …l decision, not a universal requirement. First address smoking, blood pressure and lipids, and recovery sleep. Two possible measures are restricting meals to daytime and shifting the body clock through br… |
03 · Protect your energy and attention
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter introduction | 3-20 · Deal with police, clinicians and counter staff through documents, deadlines and procedures | …ade B; that reflects the evidence available in this field, not proof that the advice is wrong. Entry 20, about expectations when dealing with police, clinicians and counter staff, cites regulations … |
| Chapter introduction | 3-15 · Treat “things will definitely get worse” as a thought to address, not a fact about the future | … clinicians and counter staff, cites regulations rather than experiments and receives grade C. Entry 15, on pessimistic thoughts, and entry 23, on feeling that others demand perfection, cite mortali… |
| Chapter introduction | 3-23 · Treat “other people demand perfection from me” as a feeling to address, not established fact | …gulations rather than experiments and receives grade C. Entry 15, on pessimistic thoughts, and entry 23, on feeling that others demand perfection, cite mortality and suicide-risk outcomes. Those mea… |
| 3-2 · Wake at a consistent time, including weekends | 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | …ifference. Pair a consistent wake time with morning daylight. After an occasional short night, go to bed earlier the next evening, rather than sleeping until noon. |
| 3-4 · Avoid caffeine after about 2 p.m. if you go to bed at 11 p.m. | 3-3 · Allow seven to eight hours of sleep, rather than assuming six is enough | …metabolizers may need an earlier cutoff. The benefit is recovered sleep time and overlaps with getting enough sleep. |
| 3-6 · Protect focused work from even a few seconds of interruption | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | … interruptions from self-initiated ones. A closed door only blocks the former; combine it with notification control and message batching. |
| 3-6 · Protect focused work from even a few seconds of interruption | 3-5 · Check email and messages in a few scheduled batches | …initiated ones. A closed door only blocks the former; combine it with notification control and message batching. |
| 3-9 · Go to bed on time instead of staying up for games, short videos or pornography | 3-3 · Allow seven to eight hours of sleep, rather than assuming six is enough | See sleep restriction for the cost of staying up. Reliable evidence does not establish whether pornography itself re… |
| 3-11 · If sleepy in the afternoon, try a ten-minute nap rather than thirty minutes | 2-38 · Keep naps under half an hour; needing one or two hours daily deserves investigation | …ect. Longer naps exceeding an hour are associated with higher mortality and coronary risk; see nap duration. |
| 3-18 · When angry, step away and treat the other person as a circumstance to handle, not an enemy | 8-1 · After a traffic collision, stop, help, and call the police | …oat is empty. It is an analogy, not evidence. For actual harm or loss, use the legal routes in Chapter 8 and Chapter 9, which can cost less than an immediate confrontation. |
| 3-18 · When angry, step away and treat the other person as a circumstance to handle, not an enemy | 9-1 · Do not forward unverified emergency reports or fabricate incident images | …It is an analogy, not evidence. For actual harm or loss, use the legal routes in Chapter 8 and Chapter 9, which can cost less than an immediate confrontation. |
| 3-19 · When feeling low, start with accessible help: movement, daylight, regular sleep, someone to talk to, and China's 12356 line | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …to-moderate depression. Moderate-to-severe symptoms or suicidal thoughts warrant medical care; 12356 and immediate support can be a first step. Most exercise trials were small and could not blind participants as drug … |
| 3-20 · Deal with police, clinicians and counter staff through documents, deadlines and procedures | 8-39 · Get a police-report receipt and a written decision if a criminal case is not opened | …ly the documents, deadlines and remedies are established in the cited rules, also discussed in what happens after a police report. Procedure cannot fix poor manners or guarantee success; it changes expectations and first ste… |
| 3-20 · Deal with police, clinicians and counter staff through documents, deadlines and procedures | 24-8 · For serious acute illness or injury, go to emergency triage instead of waiting at the registration desk | … instead of guessing whether someone intends to cheat you. Legitimate priorities are explicit: emergency triage follows illness severity, not arrival order. To thank a doctor, use letters and satisfaction f… |
| 3-20 · Deal with police, clinicians and counter staff through documents, deadlines and procedures | 24-12 · Thank a doctor through a letter, commemorative banner, or satisfaction survey: Chinese rules prohibit gifts, not gratitude | …explicit: emergency triage follows illness severity, not arrival order. To thank a doctor, use letters and satisfaction feedback. Gifts intended to influence law-enforcement handling can constitute bribery, with explicitly … |
| 3-20 · Deal with police, clinicians and counter staff through documents, deadlines and procedures | 8-40 · Do not pay gifts, cash, or cards to investigators or enforcement officials | …t handling can constitute bribery, with explicitly aggravated treatment under Chinese law; see bribery. Complain about clear unequal treatment rather than copying it as an unwritten rule. |
| 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | 4-15 · Set a firm limit on short videos and aimless scrolling | …fficult, begin by disabling pushes, suggested acquaintances and home-feed recommendations. See short-video limits, rolling news, first steps for low mood, buying things to restore identity, and spending to mo… |
| 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | 4-16 · Replace habitual television and rolling news with scheduled information checks | …sabling pushes, suggested acquaintances and home-feed recommendations. See short-video limits, rolling news, first steps for low mood, buying things to restore identity, and spending to move up socially… |
| 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | 3-19 · When feeling low, start with accessible help: movement, daylight, regular sleep, someone to talk to, and China's 12356 line | …, suggested acquaintances and home-feed recommendations. See short-video limits, rolling news, first steps for low mood, buying things to restore identity, and spending to move up socially. |
| 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | …and home-feed recommendations. See short-video limits, rolling news, first steps for low mood, buying things to restore identity, and spending to move up socially. |
| 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | …t-video limits, rolling news, first steps for low mood, buying things to restore identity, and spending to move up socially. |
| 3-23 · Treat “other people demand perfection from me” as a feeling to address, not established fact | 3-15 · Treat “things will definitely get worse” as a thought to address, not a fact about the future | …nction is where the standard comes from and whether falling short means “I am worthless.” Like pessimistic expectations, this can be addressed as a symptom. For suicidal thoughts, call 12356 in China and move letha… |
| 3-23 · Treat “other people demand perfection from me” as a feeling to address, not established fact | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …ss.” Like pessimistic expectations, this can be addressed as a symptom. For suicidal thoughts, call 12356 in China and move lethal means away. See helping someone else and depression screening for children. |
| 3-23 · Treat “other people demand perfection from me” as a feeling to address, not established fact | 8-15 · Take threats against family seriously and seek an urgent professional assessment | …essed as a symptom. For suicidal thoughts, call 12356 in China and move lethal means away. See helping someone else and depression screening for children. |
| 3-23 · Treat “other people demand perfection from me” as a feeling to address, not established fact | 30-8 · Consider depression screening at ages 12–18, and do not treat a school questionnaire as a diagnosis | …uicidal thoughts, call 12356 in China and move lethal means away. See helping someone else and depression screening for children. |
| 3-24 · When angry, calm your body instead of venting through smashing, punching or running | 22-9 · Try five minutes of cyclic sighing: inhale in two parts and lengthen the exhale | …ergy. The author places this under time because avoiding an argument avoids its aftermath. Try cyclic sighing or stepping away. Running still helps low mood over time; see walking or running when feeling … |
| 3-24 · When angry, calm your body instead of venting through smashing, punching or running | 3-18 · When angry, step away and treat the other person as a circumstance to handle, not an enemy | …laces this under time because avoiding an argument avoids its aftermath. Try cyclic sighing or stepping away. Running still helps low mood over time; see walking or running when feeling down. It simply i… |
| 3-24 · When angry, calm your body instead of venting through smashing, punching or running | 22-7 · Walking or running can help depression; choose activity you can sustain and appropriate intensity | …ts aftermath. Try cyclic sighing or stepping away. Running still helps low mood over time; see walking or running when feeling down. It simply is not an effective immediate venting strategy. Avoid driving, messaging or making … |
| 3-24 · When angry, calm your body instead of venting through smashing, punching or running | 8-43 · After domestic abuse, seek immediate safety, preserve a police record, and consider a free protection order | …ing you, leave and call police; the urgent issue is safety, not your emotional regulation. See domestic violence. |
| 3-25 · Writing about a troubling experience may help a little; do not treat it as medical care | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …er time is the author's classification. If writing makes you increasingly distressed, stop and call 12356 in China. |
04 · Make better use of your time
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 4-2 · Write down your stopping conditions before starting | 4-3 · Decide whether to continue from future costs and returns, not what you already spent | …onditions while calm at the start; later decisions can be distorted by prior investment. Judge future costs and returns. Disengagement is one component of the review; no separate estimate of hours saved was calcula… |
| 4-9 · Treat procrastination as avoiding discomfort, not simply insufficient effort | 4-1 · Turn “I plan to” into a specific when, where and if–then action | …ated medium because these studies identify relationships, not hours saved. Practical steps are if–then plans, smaller tasks and deadlines. Pooled correlations do not establish causal direction. |
| 4-9 · Treat procrastination as avoiding discomfort, not simply insufficient effort | 4-7 · Break a large task into smaller actions before estimating and starting | …ause these studies identify relationships, not hours saved. Practical steps are if–then plans, smaller tasks and deadlines. Pooled correlations do not establish causal direction. |
| 4-9 · Treat procrastination as avoiding discomfort, not simply insufficient effort | 4-8 · Give tasks a deadline when nobody else has set one | … identify relationships, not hours saved. Practical steps are if–then plans, smaller tasks and deadlines. Pooled correlations do not establish causal direction. |
| 4-10 · Put useful things within reach and temptations farther away | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …nce effects to phones or games is extrapolation. Phone visibility itself has been studied; see keeping the phone out of sight. |
| 4-11 · A financial commitment can help, but choose one you are actually willing to accept | 2-3 · Use smoking-cessation medicine rather than relying on willpower alone | …nt; the author suggests starting with a small stake rather than none. For quitting itself, see cessation medicines. |
| 4-12 · Expect habit formation to take months, not “21 days” | 4-1 · Turn “I plan to” into a specific when, where and if–then action | …Difficulty after two weeks is not evidence of failure. Tie repetition to a stable cue using an if–then plan. |
| 4-13 · For disruptive procrastination, try self-help materials supported by randomized trials | 4-10 · Put useful things within reach and temptations farther away | …avioral experiments, stimulus control, and education about motivation and working methods. See environmental changes. If marked depression or anxiety accompanies procrastination, start with support for low mood:… |
| 4-13 · For disruptive procrastination, try self-help materials supported by randomized trials | 3-19 · When feeling low, start with accessible help: movement, daylight, regular sleep, someone to talk to, and China's 12356 line | …environmental changes. If marked depression or anxiety accompanies procrastination, start with support for low mood: activity, daylight, regular sleep, talking with someone, and China's 12356 psychological supp… |
| 4-15 · Set a firm limit on short videos and aimless scrolling | 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | …ndomized research has examined time and emotional effects for comparative social browsing; see other people's updates. |
05 · Stop wasting money
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 5-8 · Avoid impulsive livestream tips, game purchases and shopping | 5-9 · Unauthorized large purchases by children may be refundable under China's Civil Code | …oiding tips. Payment caps and disabling password-free spending are grade C practical measures. Children's purchases gives Civil Code Articles 19 and 145. This is not investment advice. |
| 5-9 · Unauthorized large purchases by children may be refundable under China's Civil Code | 5-8 · Avoid impulsive livestream tips, game purchases and shopping | … enable youth mode and keep payment passwords private. For adults' own impulsive spending, see payment barriers. |
| 5-10 · Teach children that requests to use a parent's phone or disclose verification codes are scam signals | 5-9 · Unauthorized large purchases by children may be refundable under China's Civil Code | …cial examples and scam scripts, without incidence or prevention-effect statistics. Distinguish a child's own unauthorized purchases, potentially refundable under the Civil Code, from money stolen by scammers, requiring police … |
| 5-10 · Teach children that requests to use a parent's phone or disclose verification codes are scam signals | 8-2 · If you discover a scam, immediately call 110 or 96110 about stopping the payment | …rchases, potentially refundable under the Civil Code, from money stolen by scammers, requiring police reporting and a payment stop. Recovery depends on whether funds remain accessible. Explain beforehand that “you broke a rul… |
| 5-10 · Teach children that requests to use a parent's phone or disclose verification codes are scam signals | 8-3 · Distrust unsolicited instructions, protect your information, avoid unfamiliar links, and verify transfers | …p the promise not to scold; concealment out of fear allowed losses to grow in these cases. See adult anti-fraud rules and hanging up before verifying a transfer request, including AI impersonation. |
| 5-10 · Teach children that requests to use a parent's phone or disclose verification codes are scam signals | 8-4 · A familiar face or voice is not verification; hang up and call a number you already know | … concealment out of fear allowed losses to grow in these cases. See adult anti-fraud rules and hanging up before verifying a transfer request, including AI impersonation. |
| 5-12 · Ask about approved generics and medicines selected through China's centralized procurement | 16-3 · Follow your clinician's review schedule and keep results together | …so continuing an originator may be possible at higher cost. After changing a chronic medicine, record blood pressure, glucose and HbA1c consistently. If control worsens, consult the clinician and request adverse-reaction reporting; do not stop… |
| 5-14 · Where the supply is safe, boil tap water instead of routinely buying bottled water | 9-1 · Do not forward unverified emergency reports or fabricate incident images | …ge-pipe mix-up circulated in a forged police notice; its creator was detained, as discussed in Chapter 9. Recalculate with local prices; RMB 1/500 mL is an illustrative assumption. In older buildings… |
| 5-16 · Do not borrow to invest, add leverage or buy what you do not understand | 5-7 · Avoid revolving minimum card payments and borrowing to fund consumption | …C on its own. Investing with consumer loans or credit-card cash advances is also leverage; see card borrowing costs. This is not investment advice. |
| 5-18 · Within the same fund category, pay attention to lower fees | 5-17 · Consider broad-market index funds for the portion held for the long term | ….csrc.gov.cn/csrc/c100028/c7418692/content.shtml> ; Fama EF, French KR (2010), discussed under active funds and index funds. <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.2010.01598.x> |
| 5-19 · Avoid concentrating everything in one stock, platform or property | 5-17 · Consider broad-market index funds for the portion held for the long term | …of loss prevented. Diversification reduces fluctuations but does not guarantee against losses. Broad-market index funds are one simple diversification route. This is not investment advice. |
| 5-20 · Calculate the tax benefit before contributing to China's personal pension account | 5-27 · Build three to six months of essential expenses in accessible emergency savings | …t. Calculate your own marginal rate before deciding the contribution and do not lock away your emergency fund. You must choose investments within the account, and losses are possible; the source refers to… |
| 5-20 · Calculate the tax benefit before contributing to China's personal pension account | 5-17 · Consider broad-market index funds for the portion held for the long term | … You must choose investments within the account, and losses are possible; the source refers to broad indexes and fees as comparison principles. The personal-pension information platform issues deduction … |
| 5-20 · Calculate the tax benefit before contributing to China's personal pension account | 5-18 · Within the same fund category, pay attention to lower fees | …nvestments within the account, and losses are possible; the source refers to broad indexes and fees as comparison principles. The personal-pension information platform issues deduction certifica… |
| 5-20 · Calculate the tax benefit before contributing to China's personal pension account | 5-2 · Complete China's annual income-tax reconciliation from March to June and claim eligible deductions | …uction certificates. You may claim through current-year payroll withholding or the next year's annual reconciliation. |
| 5-22 · Get a written contract before prepaying, and seek unused balances when the business cannot perform | 5-21 · Pay per gym visit or for short periods until you have a year of consistent attendance | …rights help with recovery but cannot prevent a disappearance; funds may already be gone. First limit prepaid amounts, then use the law if needed. Article 27 also requires deposit-return methods, procedures and d… |
| 5-27 · Build three to six months of essential expenses in accessible emergency savings | 5-7 · Avoid revolving minimum card payments and borrowing to fund consumption | …educes the need for expensive credit or forced asset sales during unemployment or illness. See card and consumer-credit costs. China's deposit-insurance regulation provides a maximum RMB 500,000 payout per depositor at t… |
| 5-29 · Rely on platform rules and consumer law, not livestream enthusiasm or glowing reviews | 5-32 · Before major purchases, check Chinese inspection notices, CCC certification and energy labels | …fest platform, so no ranking is offered. Only aggregate inspection findings are available; see national inspection notices. The 2025 Anti-Unfair Competition Law moved false advertising from Article 8 to 9 and penaltie… |
| 5-29 · Rely on platform rules and consumer law, not livestream enthusiasm or glowing reviews | 5-23 · Wait 24 hours before major nonessential purchases and use China's seven-day return right | …5 fabricated transactions totaling over RMB 680,000; the notice did not disclose the fine. See seven-day returns. |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 8-22 · For online-shopping or secondhand fraud, complain to the platform, report it, then assess a civil claim | … discard evidence. 12315 mediates rather than adjudicates, and a persistent denial may require small-claims litigation. A hair or insect does not automatically guarantee RMB 1,000: regulators or expert assessment … |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 5-29 · Rely on platform rules and consumer law, not livestream enthusiasm or glowing reviews | …expert assessment may need to establish a food-safety violation. For ordinary-goods fraud, see three-times-price compensation with a RMB 500 minimum. Food sellers have separate licensing, labeling, treatment-claim and criminal-law obligations.… |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 12-8 · Identify your food-business category: production and catering need permission, packaged-only sales need filing, fresh agricultural produce needs neither license | …s fraud, see three-times-price compensation with a RMB 500 minimum. Food sellers have separate licensing, labeling, treatment-claim and criminal-law obligations. Fabricating a violation and threateni… |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 12-9 · Packaged food needs complete labeling, including production date, shelf life and ingredients | …e three-times-price compensation with a RMB 500 minimum. Food sellers have separate licensing, labeling, treatment-claim and criminal-law obligations. Fabricating a violation and threatening complai… |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 12-10 · Ordinary food cannot claim to prevent or treat disease, whether on labels, advertisements or livestreams | …mes-price compensation with a RMB 500 minimum. Food sellers have separate licensing, labeling, treatment-claim and criminal-law obligations. Fabricating a violation and threatening complaints or litigation… |
| 5-31 · Unsafe food may support additional compensation of ten times its price, with a RMB 1,000 minimum | 12-11 · Food safety has criminal thresholds: diseased meat, dangerous contamination and toxic nonfood ingredients can lead to imprisonment | …on with a RMB 500 minimum. Food sellers have separate licensing, labeling, treatment-claim and criminal-law obligations. Fabricating a violation and threatening complaints or litigation for compensation… |
| 5-34 · Check both a jewelry report's CMA mark and the issuing laboratory's official accreditation | 5-32 · Before major purchases, check Chinese inspection notices, CCC certification and energy labels | …d claims about rheumatism, immunity, sleep or blood vessels, treated as false advertising. See general product checks, consumer-law protections and obtaining livestream seller identities. |
| 5-34 · Check both a jewelry report's CMA mark and the issuing laboratory's official accreditation | 5-29 · Rely on platform rules and consumer law, not livestream enthusiasm or glowing reviews | …m, immunity, sleep or blood vessels, treated as false advertising. See general product checks, consumer-law protections and obtaining livestream seller identities. |
| 5-34 · Check both a jewelry report's CMA mark and the issuing laboratory's official accreditation | 5-30 · For a livestream purchase dispute, ask the platform for seller and promoter details | …essels, treated as false advertising. See general product checks, consumer-law protections and obtaining livestream seller identities. |
| 5-35 · Budget mystery boxes and random draws as money spent, not money you expect back | 5-9 · Unauthorized large purchases by children may be refundable under China's Civil Code | …hibited; for minors aged eight or older, the business must first confirm guardian consent. See children's unauthorized payments, a 24-hour cooling-off period, and the cycle of buying again after excitement fades. |
| 5-35 · Budget mystery boxes and random draws as money spent, not money you expect back | 5-23 · Wait 24 hours before major nonessential purchases and use China's seven-day return right | …older, the business must first confirm guardian consent. See children's unauthorized payments, a 24-hour cooling-off period, and the cycle of buying again after excitement fades. |
| 5-35 · Budget mystery boxes and random draws as money spent, not money you expect back | 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | …firm guardian consent. See children's unauthorized payments, a 24-hour cooling-off period, and the cycle of buying again after excitement fades. |
| 5-36 · If ingredients matter to you, choose packaged food; China's bulk-food rules do not require an ingredient list | 12-9 · Packaged food needs complete labeling, including production date, shelf life and ingredients | …on violates Article 68. Decline the purchase or contact 12315. For your own food business, see prepackaged-food labeling. The main beneficiaries are you and your family, the book's two highest-priority groups. |
| 5-37 · Follow a preset selling rule for losing stocks; averaging down is not a recovery plan by itself | 5-15 · Avoid frequent stock trading | This concerns whether to sell, while avoiding frequent trading concerns unnecessary repetition; preset rules can reduce both indecision and trading. Averagin… |
| 5-37 · Follow a preset selling rule for losing stocks; averaging down is not a recovery plan by itself | 5-19 · Avoid concentrating everything in one stock, platform or property | …n does lower the arithmetic purchase price, but also increases exposure to the same stock; see concentration. The tax benefit is specifically American and does not transfer to China. These are 1980s–1990… |
| 5-38 · Avoid increasing trading during market booms and crashes | 5-15 · Avoid frequent stock trading | …ckable official statistic and is not used. Compare nearly 18 annual turnovers here with 75% in the US trading study. This is not investment advice. |
| 5-39 · Mainland Chinese investors should use authorized cross-border channels rather than overseas brokers or personal foreign-exchange allowances | 5-17 · Consider broad-market index funds for the portion held for the long term | …bank or broker. Past US equity gains do not promise future gains. For QDII, apply the source's broad-market and diversification principles rather than concentrating in one market. Overseas cash withdraw… |
| 5-39 · Mainland Chinese investors should use authorized cross-border channels rather than overseas brokers or personal foreign-exchange allowances | 5-19 · Avoid concentrating everything in one stock, platform or property | …ast US equity gains do not promise future gains. For QDII, apply the source's broad-market and diversification principles rather than concentrating in one market. Overseas cash withdrawals have separate li… |
| 5-39 · Mainland Chinese investors should use authorized cross-border channels rather than overseas brokers or personal foreign-exchange allowances | 21-6 · Overseas cash withdrawals from Chinese cards share a RMB 100,000 annual limit across all cards in your name | …s rather than concentrating in one market. Overseas cash withdrawals have separate limits; see Chapter 21, entry 6. This is not investment advice. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 7-20 · Before serious illness develops, consider supplementary medical or critical-illness cover and check guaranteed renewal | …The smaller and more affordable the loss, the less useful that exchange. Relevant examples are one-year medical coverage, motor third-party liability, overseas medical coverage, and term life for dependents. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 5-26 · Carry sufficient third-party motor liability coverage; China's compulsory limits are modest | …able the loss, the less useful that exchange. Relevant examples are one-year medical coverage, motor third-party liability, overseas medical coverage, and term life for dependents. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 21-4 · Buy travel cover for overseas treatment and medical evacuation, not just flight delays | …l that exchange. Relevant examples are one-year medical coverage, motor third-party liability, overseas medical coverage, and term life for dependents. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 5-41 · If others depend on your income, prioritize term life insurance for the earner | …les are one-year medical coverage, motor third-party liability, overseas medical coverage, and term life for dependents. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 7-9 · Keep resident medical insurance active; hardship subsidies may cover some or all of the contribution | …egoing it. Basic medical insurance is social insurance and should not be judged this way; keep resident coverage. Use emergency savings for small losses. Benefits accrue to you and your family. |
| 5-40 · Insure losses your household cannot absorb; use emergency savings for smaller ones | 5-27 · Build three to six months of essential expenses in accessible emergency savings | …l insurance is social insurance and should not be judged this way; keep resident coverage. Use emergency savings for small losses. Benefits accrue to you and your family. |
| 5-41 · If others depend on your income, prioritize term life insurance for the earner | 7-20 · Before serious illness develops, consider supplementary medical or critical-illness cover and check guaranteed renewal | …ritizes the earner's term life and one-year medical cover before children's medical cover. See truthful disclosure and guaranteed renewal. Beneficiaries are principally your spouse and children, the book's second priority group. |
| 5-42 · Reconsider a long-term personal insurance purchase during its cooling-off period | 5-25 · Prioritize protection-only insurance and distinguish guaranteed benefits from projected dividends | … duration, subject to applicable minimum rules. Cooling off is especially useful for expensive savings and participating policies. Benefit is rated medium because the avoided premium-minus-cash-value loss is often hundreds t… |
| 5-43 · At a bank counter, check whether you are signing for a deposit or an insurance policy | 5-42 · Reconsider a long-term personal insurance purchase during its cooling-off period | …ositing money are particularly worth helping with the cover check. For a recent signature, use cooling-off rights; for alleged mis-selling, see official complaints. Beneficiaries are you and older family memb… |
| 5-43 · At a bank counter, check whether you are signing for a deposit or an insurance policy | 5-44 · Cancel insurance directly; avoid surrender agents and use China's 12378 line for unresolved complaints | … the cover check. For a recent signature, use cooling-off rights; for alleged mis-selling, see official complaints. Beneficiaries are you and older family members. |
| 5-44 · Cancel insurance directly; avoid surrender agents and use China's 12378 line for unresolved complaints | 5-42 · Reconsider a long-term personal insurance purchase during its cooling-off period | …your own continuing need; if cost is the problem, ask about reduced paid-up options first. See cooling-off cancellation. The beneficiary is you. |
| 5-45 · Name insurance beneficiaries clearly and make sure family know to claim | 25-9 · Check every source of money separately: housing provident funds, social insurance, and occupational death benefits | …ers hold your policies. Review beneficiaries after divorce, remarriage or a child's birth. See collecting a deceased person's assets and why death is not a debt-repayment plan. The principal beneficiaries are your spouse and ch… |
| 5-45 · Name insurance beneficiaries clearly and make sure family know to claim | 29-13 · Death is not a way to resolve debt: insurance exclusions, estate liabilities, and the need for support all matter | …es after divorce, remarriage or a child's birth. See collecting a deceased person's assets and why death is not a debt-repayment plan. The principal beneficiaries are your spouse and children, the book's second priority group. |
06 · What to stop doing
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 6-5 · Do not count on glucosamine or chondroitin to treat knee osteoarthritis | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …on. Weight loss and muscle strengthening have supporting evidence for knee osteoarthritis; see chapter 2. |
| 6-7 · Do not buy whole-body PET-CT or tumor-marker screening packages when you have no symptoms | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | …al, and breast screening, and low-dose chest CT for appropriate high-risk people—is covered in chapter 1. Imaging for symptoms or a known cancer is diagnosis or disease management, a different situat… |
| 6-8 · Do not expect buying a fitness tracker to make you lose weight | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …does not prove that every wearable is useless. Physical activity has benefits, as discussed in chapter 2. The point is that buying a device is not a necessary condition for exercising or losing weigh… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-20 · People with cardiovascular disease and older adults should get an annual flu vaccine | … the corresponding studies in the preceding entries. Put effort into higher priorities: annual influenza vaccination, shingles vaccination from age 50, pneumococcal vaccination from age 65, a blood-pressure moni… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-21 · Get a shingles vaccine after 50 | …ies in the preceding entries. Put effort into higher priorities: annual influenza vaccination, shingles vaccination from age 50, pneumococcal vaccination from age 65, a blood-pressure monitor and support with taking prescr… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-22 · Get pneumococcal vaccination after 65 | …effort into higher priorities: annual influenza vaccination, shingles vaccination from age 50, pneumococcal vaccination from age 65, a blood-pressure monitor and support with taking prescribed treatment to reach the target, ba… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-7 · Check your blood pressure and, if it is high, take treatment to bring it under control | …age 50, pneumococcal vaccination from age 65, a blood-pressure monitor and support with taking prescribed treatment to reach the target, bathroom and stair improvements plus balance and leg-strength exercises, and breast, cervical… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-13 · After 60, train balance and leg strength and make bathrooms and stairs safer | …65, a blood-pressure monitor and support with taking prescribed treatment to reach the target, bathroom and stair improvements plus balance and leg-strength exercises, and breast, cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-17 · From age 40, women should have a screening mammogram every two years | …reach the target, bathroom and stair improvements plus balance and leg-strength exercises, and breast, cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-term care an… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-18 · Women over 30 should have cervical screening, preferably an HPV test | …e target, bathroom and stair improvements plus balance and leg-strength exercises, and breast, cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-term care and pressure… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 1-19 · Begin colorectal screening around 45–50, using a fecal immunochemical test or colonoscopy | …hroom and stair improvements plus balance and leg-strength exercises, and breast, cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-term care and pressure-injury prevention. Fruit… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 17-7 · Apply locally for long-term care insurance after persistent severe loss of independence; eligibility is not limited to older people | …cises, and breast, cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-term care and pressure-injury prevention. Fruit, rice, or favorite foods can make perfectly good gifts. … |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 17-8 · For someone confined to bed, prevent pressure injuries with an appropriate support surface, regular repositioning and daily skin checks | …cervical, or colorectal screening. For a relative confined to bed, consider long-term care and pressure-injury prevention. Fruit, rice, or favorite foods can make perfectly good gifts. Intervene more firmly when prod… |
| 6-10 · Do not spend heavily on wellness supplements, herbal pastes, or tonics | 17-5 · Avoid pension “investments” demanding upfront money and promised returns, including memberships, beds, apartments and travel schemes | …products replace medicine or involve investment schemes and large prepaid elder-care fees; see protecting older relatives from financial exploitation. |
| 6-16 · Skip blue-light glasses for “vision protection,” but treat painful red eyes as urgent | 19-11 · Demand proper protection from dust, noise and chemicals, and refuse unprotected hazardous work | …in China; appropriate goggles and face shields, not blue-light lenses, provide protection. See occupational exposure protection. During an overnight screen session, a painful red eye, rainbow halos around lights, headache,… |
| 6-16 · Skip blue-light glasses for “vision protection,” but treat painful red eyes as urgent | 13-6 · A painful red eye with rainbow halos, headache, nausea or vomiting needs an eye emergency department that day | …ucoma. It can damage the optic nerve within days and requires same-day eye emergency care; see eye emergencies. The original describes pupil dilation in darkness and prolonged head-down posture shifting th… |
| 6-16 · Skip blue-light glasses for “vision protection,” but treat painful red eyes as urgent | 30-4 · Aim for two hours outdoors each day to help prevent myopia | …for an eye examination, not simply a different lens coating. For children and adolescents, see two hours outdoors daily, cycloplegic refraction, and avoiding products claiming to cure myopia. |
| 6-16 · Skip blue-light glasses for “vision protection,” but treat painful red eyes as urgent | 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | …t simply a different lens coating. For children and adolescents, see two hours outdoors daily, cycloplegic refraction, and avoiding products claiming to cure myopia. |
| 6-16 · Skip blue-light glasses for “vision protection,” but treat painful red eyes as urgent | 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | …ating. For children and adolescents, see two hours outdoors daily, cycloplegic refraction, and avoiding products claiming to cure myopia. |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-7 · Check your blood pressure and, if it is high, take treatment to bring it under control | …ices described above are already publicly funded. Continue tests that have a clear indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. py… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-8 · If you are overweight from age 35 onward, get a fasting blood-glucose test and repeat it every three years if normal | …bove are already publicly funded. Continue tests that have a clear indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-d… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-14 · Get a hepatitis B blood panel and, if you lack antibodies, discuss vaccination | …y publicly funded. Continue tests that have a clear indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT.… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-17 · From age 40, women should have a screening mammogram every two years | …nded. Continue tests that have a clear indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant … |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-18 · Women over 30 should have cervical screening, preferably an HPV test | …ts that have a clear indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant exposure, seek appro… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-19 · Begin colorectal screening around 45–50, using a fecal immunochemical test or colonoscopy | … indication: blood pressure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant exposure, seek appropriate testing. Those … |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-23 · Test for Helicobacter pylori and eradicate it if positive | …ssure, blood glucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant exposure, seek appropriate testing. Those entries exp… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-24 · Eligible heavy smokers should have an annual low-dose chest CT | …ucose, hepatitis B, breast screening, cervical screening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant exposure, seek appropriate testing. Those entries explain starting ages and … |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 1-31 · After a high-risk exposure, get an HIV test; China's CDC testing is free and confidential | …ening, colorectal screening, H. pylori, and low-dose chest CT. After a relevant exposure, seek appropriate testing. Those entries explain starting ages and intervals. The original advises attending employer-fu… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 6-7 · Do not buy whole-body PET-CT or tumor-marker screening packages when you have no symptoms | …ic clinical reason are medical care, not generic screening. For common unsupported extras, see whole-body imaging and tumor-marker packages. For incidental findings, see asymptomatic high uric acid and asymptomatic gallstones. Most Co… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 6-19 · Do not start urate-lowering medication solely for an elevated test result if you have never had gout | …pported extras, see whole-body imaging and tumor-marker packages. For incidental findings, see asymptomatic high uric acid and asymptomatic gallstones. Most Cochrane trials took place in high-income countries with rel… |
| 6-18 · Replace generic annual checkup packages with screening appropriate to your age and sex | 6-20 · Do not remove a gallbladder preventively just because a scan finds stones that have never caused symptoms | …maging and tumor-marker packages. For incidental findings, see asymptomatic high uric acid and asymptomatic gallstones. Most Cochrane trials took place in high-income countries with relatively good access to care;… |
| 6-19 · Do not start urate-lowering medication solely for an elevated test result if you have never had gout | 16-9 · When urate-lowering treatment is indicated for gout, take it consistently and maintain serum urate below 360 µmol/L | …nes. Previous attacks, tophi, or erosive damage on imaging require a different assessment; see long-term treatment for diagnosed gout. About 7.4% of Han Chinese people carry HLA-B5801, compared with 0.7% of White people. Carrier… |
| 6-19 · Do not start urate-lowering medication solely for an elevated test result if you have never had gout | 16-9 · When urate-lowering treatment is indicated for gout, take it consistently and maintain serum urate below 360 µmol/L | …han White patients. When treatment is indicated, discuss testing before starting; see the same gout-treatment entry. The two kidney trials studied chronic kidney disease and type 1 diabetes. They do not prove t… |
| 6-21 · Do not cut calcium out of your diet to prevent kidney stones | 16-8 · After kidney stones, discuss sufficient fluid to produce ample urine and keep salt below 6 grams daily | …h a stone history should ask their treating clinician about supplements. For fluid intake, see drinking 2.5–3 liters daily after kidney stones. |
| 6-22 · Do not buy crystals, bead bracelets, or lucky figurines for wealth, luck, or health | 5-33 · Treat jewelry, luxury watches and collectibles as spending, not savings | …y this price?” For materials, certificates, and why these purchases make poor investments, see treating bracelets and watches as spending and CMA jewelry reports in China. For paid readings, see fortune-telling, tarot, and astrology… |
| 6-22 · Do not buy crystals, bead bracelets, or lucky figurines for wealth, luck, or health | 5-34 · Check both a jewelry report's CMA mark and the issuing laboratory's official accreditation | … why these purchases make poor investments, see treating bracelets and watches as spending and CMA jewelry reports in China. For paid readings, see fortune-telling, tarot, and astrology. |
| 6-22 · Do not buy crystals, bead bracelets, or lucky figurines for wealth, luck, or health | 6-15 · Do not pay for fortune-telling, tarot, or astrology to make important decisions | …ing bracelets and watches as spending and CMA jewelry reports in China. For paid readings, see fortune-telling, tarot, and astrology. |
| 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | 5-1 · Review automatic renewals and switch forgotten subscriptions to manual renewal | …other order your first response the next time you feel bad. For practical saving measures, see chapter 5. For approaches to low mood with supporting evidence, see the later entries in chapter 22 and … |
| 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | 22-1 · Check exits before entering karaoke bars, clubs or escape rooms; leave if routes are locked or blocked | …, see chapter 5. For approaches to low mood with supporting evidence, see the later entries in chapter 22 and chapter 29. For spending to feel a step above other people, see the next entry. |
| 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | 29-1 · In the first days after a death, arrange company, continue prescribed medicines, and treat chest pressure as an emergency | …. For approaches to low mood with supporting evidence, see the later entries in chapter 22 and chapter 29. For spending to feel a step above other people, see the next entry. |
| 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | …ater entries in chapter 22 and chapter 29. For spending to feel a step above other people, see the next entry. |
| 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | …inese data were not available to cite. The source rates the benefit as medium, consistent with the shopping-and-mood entry. Savings could reach tens of thousands of RMB, but there is no defensible numerical estimate o… |
| 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | 4-18 · Give commute length high priority when choosing a home | …y use. The questionable reason is simply “my colleagues upgraded, so I cannot look worse.” See prioritizing commute time when choosing a home, shopping to regulate mood, and stepping back from constant upward comparison online. |
| 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | 6-23 · Do not expect shopping to fix your mood or sense of identity | …leagues upgraded, so I cannot look worse.” See prioritizing commute time when choosing a home, shopping to regulate mood, and stepping back from constant upward comparison online. |
| 6-24 · Do not upgrade your home, car, or social circle merely to outrank people around you | 3-21 · Limit apps that turn other people's lives into your daily reading | …ook worse.” See prioritizing commute time when choosing a home, shopping to regulate mood, and stepping back from constant upward comparison online. |
| 6-25 · Do not assume willpower is a fuel tank that inevitably runs empty | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …te sleep and prolonged work can reduce performance; see the sleep and working-hours entries in chapter 3. Approaches with randomized evidence include moving temptations farther away and writing speci… |
| 6-25 · Do not assume willpower is a fuel tank that inevitably runs empty | 4-10 · Put useful things within reach and temptations farther away | … the sleep and working-hours entries in chapter 3. Approaches with randomized evidence include moving temptations farther away and writing specific when, where, and if–then plans. Most entries in this chapter count money;… |
| 6-25 · Do not assume willpower is a fuel tank that inevitably runs empty | 4-1 · Turn “I plan to” into a specific when, where and if–then action | … in chapter 3. Approaches with randomized evidence include moving temptations farther away and writing specific when, where, and if–then plans. Most entries in this chapter count money; this one concerns time and mental effort, with no a… |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 1-23 · Test for Helicobacter pylori and eradicate it if positive | …-term painkiller use are major causes of gastritis and ulcers, rather than fasting itself; see H. pylori testing and treatment. For incidentally found symptom-free gallstones, see avoiding unnecessary preventive surgery. … |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 6-20 · Do not remove a gallbladder preventively just because a scan finds stones that have never caused symptoms | …self; see H. pylori testing and treatment. For incidentally found symptom-free gallstones, see avoiding unnecessary preventive surgery. For weight control, focus on what and how much you eat: five daily servings of fruit and vege… |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 2-28 · Eat five servings, about 400 g, of fruit and vegetables daily | …oiding unnecessary preventive surgery. For weight control, focus on what and how much you eat: five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, less ultra-processed food, and a BMI of 20–25. People with diabetes, people using glucose-low… |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 2-29 · Eat fewer ultra-processed foods, such as chips, instant noodles, pastries and ready meals | …ight control, focus on what and how much you eat: five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, less ultra-processed food, and a BMI of 20–25. People with diabetes, people using glucose-lowering medicines, and pregna… |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 2-33 · Aim for a BMI of 20–25, and lose excess weight | … how much you eat: five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, less ultra-processed food, and a BMI of 20–25. People with diabetes, people using glucose-lowering medicines, and pregnant people need indiv… |
| 6-26 · Do not expect breakfast or a 16:8 eating window to solve weight control; choose a sustainable schedule | 28-1 · Avoid extreme restriction, fasting, or purging to control weight | …e hypoglycemia. Extreme restriction, prolonged fasting, and purging are separate concerns; see avoiding dangerous weight-control methods. |
07 · Getting by when money is tight
08 · Protect your freedom and your property
09 · Legal risks people easily underestimate
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 9-3 · Understand the legal risks of redistributing overseas content, and do not possess unlawful extremist material | 9-1 · Do not forward unverified emergency reports or fabricate incident images | …ot be confused with the statutory aggravating element of collusion. For unverified claims, see entry 1. For tools used to bypass network restrictions, see chapter 11, entry 11. The original sees li… |
| 9-3 · Understand the legal risks of redistributing overseas content, and do not possess unlawful extremist material | 11-11 · Do not sell circumvention tools or VPN accounts, or build such nodes for others | …lusion. For unverified claims, see entry 1. For tools used to bypass network restrictions, see chapter 11, entry 11. The original sees little personal practical benefit in taking these legal risks against poten… |
| 9-5 · Reject “part-time work” using your own account to receive, withdraw, or transfer other people’s money | 8-8 · Never rent, lend, or sell your bank card, SIM, or payment account for someone else’s transactions | For lending accounts, see chapter 8, entry 8; this entry concerns personally withdrawing or transferring funds. Knowledge can be inferred f… |
| 9-6 · Do not lend your identity to a “packaged” loan application or take a share for signing | 9-5 · Reject “part-time work” using your own account to receive, withdraw, or transfer other people’s money | … also restrict exit in unresolved civil or enforcement matters under the applicable rules. See money-mule work and checking for identity-based borrowing. |
| 9-6 · Do not lend your identity to a “packaged” loan application or take a share for signing | 8-9 · Check your credit report twice a year for unfamiliar loans and cards | …in unresolved civil or enforcement matters under the applicable rules. See money-mule work and checking for identity-based borrowing. |
| 9-8 · Use promotions honestly; do not manufacture new users or false transactions to collect rewards | 11-3 · Do not write or sell ticket-sniping, flash-sale, fake-order or promotion-abuse scripts merely because they “only click buttons” | … role. Selling methods, accounts, or personal data can add separate offenses. For scripts, see chapter 11, entry 3; for accounts, see chapter 8, entry 8 and identity documents. |
| 9-8 · Use promotions honestly; do not manufacture new users or false transactions to collect rewards | 8-8 · Never rent, lend, or sell your bank card, SIM, or payment account for someone else’s transactions | …rsonal data can add separate offenses. For scripts, see chapter 11, entry 3; for accounts, see chapter 8, entry 8 and identity documents. |
| 9-8 · Use promotions honestly; do not manufacture new users or false transactions to collect rewards | 9-16 · Do not lend identity documents or use someone else’s ID for registration, cards, or tickets | …arate offenses. For scripts, see chapter 11, entry 3; for accounts, see chapter 8, entry 8 and identity documents. |
| 9-15 · Never detain a debtor or trap them in their home | 8-18 · Document loans clearly and guarantee a debt only if you could accept repaying it yourself | …money is needed to refrain from coercion. If someone does not repay, pursue a court claim. See written loan evidence. The challenge is resisting physical confrontation when the debtor refuses. |
| 9-16 · Do not lend identity documents or use someone else’s ID for registration, cards, or tickets | 8-28 · Do not agree to be a company’s nominal legal representative or lend your identity for incorporation | A lent identity card may be used to incorporate a company or open a bank account; see nominal company roles and lending accounts. Rail-ticket purchases and hotel registration are examples of activities … |
| 9-16 · Do not lend identity documents or use someone else’s ID for registration, cards, or tickets | 8-8 · Never rent, lend, or sell your bank card, SIM, or payment account for someone else’s transactions | …ard may be used to incorporate a company or open a bank account; see nominal company roles and lending accounts. Rail-ticket purchases and hotel registration are examples of activities requiring identity do… |
| 9-19 · Before striking someone, consider detention, compensation, and a possible criminal sentence | 8-10 · In a confrontation, step back and call the police instead of starting a fight | For avoiding conflict and understanding self-defense, see chapter 8, entry 10 and the following entries on defense, revenge, attacks on strangers, and dangerous impulses. P… |
| 9-19 · Before striking someone, consider detention, compensation, and a possible criminal sentence | 8-11 · You may stop an ongoing unlawful attack, but stop when the attack ends | … conflict and understanding self-defense, see chapter 8, entry 10 and the following entries on defense, revenge, attacks on strangers, and dangerous impulses. Police may mediate minor fights arisin… |
| 9-19 · Before striking someone, consider detention, compensation, and a possible criminal sentence | 8-12 · For unpaid wages, dismissal, or financial harm, use complaints and legal proceedings instead of revenge | … and understanding self-defense, see chapter 8, entry 10 and the following entries on defense, revenge, attacks on strangers, and dangerous impulses. Police may mediate minor fights arising from pr… |
| 9-19 · Before striking someone, consider detention, compensation, and a possible criminal sentence | 8-13 · Never turn a private grievance into an attack on uninvolved people | …rstanding self-defense, see chapter 8, entry 10 and the following entries on defense, revenge, attacks on strangers, and dangerous impulses. Police may mediate minor fights arising from private disputes. Actual… |
| 9-19 · Before striking someone, consider detention, compensation, and a possible criminal sentence | 8-14 · Treat thoughts of killing someone along with yourself as an emergency: leave, hand over dangerous items, and call 12356 | …e chapter 8, entry 10 and the following entries on defense, revenge, attacks on strangers, and dangerous impulses. Police may mediate minor fights arising from private disputes. Actual compensation and settle… |
| 9-20 · If you cannot raise a child, seek a lawful civil-affairs process; do not sell or abandon the child | 27-1 · Start 0.4 mg of folic acid daily when planning pregnancy and continue through the first three months | …n a medical facility and obtain the birth medical certificate needed for later procedures; see pregnancy and childbirth. For adoption, contact civil affairs directly rather than an intermediary. Money changing hand… |
| 9-20 · If you cannot raise a child, seek a lawful civil-affairs process; do not sell or abandon the child | 27-7 · Learn the urgent warning signs: they matter during pregnancy and for a year afterward | …ghts of harming yourself or the baby during the first postpartum year require urgent help; see pregnancy and postpartum warning signs, the 42-day review and depression screening, and 12356 for suicidal thoughts. The original did… |
| 9-20 · If you cannot raise a child, seek a lawful civil-affairs process; do not sell or abandon the child | 27-16 · Attend the 42-day postpartum check and ask about depression screening | …ing the first postpartum year require urgent help; see pregnancy and postpartum warning signs, the 42-day review and depression screening, and 12356 for suicidal thoughts. The original did not verify individual official cases of sel… |
| 9-20 · If you cannot raise a child, seek a lawful civil-affairs process; do not sell or abandon the child | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …p; see pregnancy and postpartum warning signs, the 42-day review and depression screening, and 12356 for suicidal thoughts. The original did not verify individual official cases of selling one’s biological child and t… |
| 9-21 · Do not invent an insured accident or inflate a claim; knowing helpers can share criminal liability | 5-26 · Carry sufficient third-party motor liability coverage; China's compulsory limits are modest | …end, or inventing an incident all fit the underlying fraud concerns. For legitimate cover, see adequate third-party vehicle insurance. Intentionally harming an insured relative can bring combined criminal punishment; see chapter… |
| 9-21 · Do not invent an insured accident or inflate a claim; knowing helpers can share criminal liability | 8-38 · Harming someone to collect insurance creates liability, not a payout | …surance. Intentionally harming an insured relative can bring combined criminal punishment; see chapter 8, entry 38. Basic medical-insurance fraud follows separate rules; false card transactions or cashing out … |
| 9-21 · Do not invent an insured accident or inflate a claim; knowing helpers can share criminal liability | 5-13 · Link China's employee medical-insurance personal account for eligible family use | …rate rules; false card transactions or cashing out a personal medical account are discussed in chapter 5, entry 13. |
| 9-22 · Do not sell an organ or recruit donors for a broker | 1-35 · Do not sell a kidney on the assumption that one is spare; 86% of surveyed sellers reported worse health | …imes the transaction amount. The health consequences are separate and potentially lasting; see living with one kidney. |
| 9-22 · Do not sell an organ or recruit donors for a broker | 1-35 · Do not sell a kidney on the assumption that one is spare; 86% of surveyed sellers reported worse health | …eased donation is also unpaid and outside this entry’s concern. For physical consequences, see chapter 1, entry 35. If financial hardship has led you to consider an organ sale, start with unemployment benefits… |
| 9-22 · Do not sell an organ or recruit donors for a broker | 7-1 · Apply online for unemployment insurance benefits as soon as you lose your job | …e chapter 1, entry 35. If financial hardship has led you to consider an organ sale, start with unemployment benefits, temporary assistance, and dibao. Avoid the alternative trap of fabricated loan applications. |
| 9-22 · Do not sell an organ or recruit donors for a broker | 9-6 · Do not lend your identity to a “packaged” loan application or take a share for signing | …art with unemployment benefits, temporary assistance, and dibao. Avoid the alternative trap of fabricated loan applications. |
| 9-23 · Buying sex in China can mean detention, not simply a fine | 9-18 · Do not have sexual contact with a child under 14; apparent agreement does not make it lawful | …rl under 14 was removed in 2015; the conduct is addressed as rape with heavier punishment. See the child-protection rule. Labels such as “home wellness” or “massage” do not decide the legal classification; the actua… |
| 9-23 · Buying sex in China can mean detention, not simply a fine | 1-30 · Use a condom throughout sex every time, and never share needles | …ication; the actual conduct does. For STI and HIV prevention or urgent post-exposure care, see condom use and seeking prophylaxis within 72 hours. For other entertainment-venue considerations, see cha… |
| 9-23 · Buying sex in China can mean detention, not simply a fine | 13-38 · After possible HIV exposure, seek post-exposure medication within 72 hours, preferably much sooner | …tual conduct does. For STI and HIV prevention or urgent post-exposure care, see condom use and seeking prophylaxis within 72 hours. For other entertainment-venue considerations, see chapter 22. |
| 9-23 · Buying sex in China can mean detention, not simply a fine | 22-1 · Check exits before entering karaoke bars, clubs or escape rooms; leave if routes are locked or blocked | …use and seeking prophylaxis within 72 hours. For other entertainment-venue considerations, see chapter 22. |
10 · Is dating or marriage worth it?
11 · Legal traps for programmers and other technical workers
12 · Starting a business without losing the family's savings
13 · Emergencies: what to do first
14 · Account security and personal information
15 · Renting and buying a home
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 15-1 · Put the deposit amount, refund date and permitted deductions in the contract | 8-1 · After a traffic collision, stop, help, and call the police | …complain to the housing-rental authority. Small claims may be suitable for modest amounts; see Chapter 8. |
| 15-6 · Check ownership and mortgages before signing, and label every bank transfer with its purpose | 8-1 · After a traffic collision, stop, help, and call the police | …s experience; no direct research citation. The same evidence-preservation principle appears in Chapter 8's entries on betrothal gifts and loan acknowledgments. |
| 15-7 · If an agent handles a home purchase payment, use its dedicated bank account for client transaction funds | 15-6 · Check ownership and mortgages before signing, and label every bank transfer with its purpose | … additional services need separate contracts and prior price disclosure. Label transfers as in entry 6. |
16 · Living with a chronic condition
17 · Caring for older family members
18 · Thinking through the costs of raising a child
19 · Employment, leaving a job and occupational injury
20 · Caring for a newborn
21 · Overseas travel and safety
22 · Relaxation: entertainment venues and stress relief
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter introduction | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …ess relief, energy and all-cause mortality. These measures are not converted into one another. Chapter 3 covers initial steps for low mood; this chapter adds specific methods. Legal rules and service… |
| 22-4 · Decline unknown sweets, snacks and vape cartridges, and replace drinks left out of sight | 22-3 · Leave if drugs appear; supplying a place or substance is not merely helping a friend | … do not establish liability in every involuntary-exposure case. Replace unattended drinks. See leaving when drugs appear and carrying items for others. |
| 22-4 · Decline unknown sweets, snacks and vape cartridges, and replace drinks left out of sight | 8-29 · Do not carry unknown items across a border or accept suspicious packages for someone else | … every involuntary-exposure case. Replace unattended drinks. See leaving when drugs appear and carrying items for others. |
| 22-5 · Use your own identity document at an internet café; do not borrow or lend one | 9-1 · Do not forward unverified emergency reports or fabricate incident images | This follows Chapter 9's advice not to lend identity documents. Internet cafés must exclude minors and display a prom… |
| 22-7 · Walking or running can help depression; choose activity you can sustain and appropriate intensity | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …ncy effects. The author still supports movement, sufficient intensity and adherence, expanding Chapter 3's low-mood advice. Exercise does not replace indicated clinical treatment. |
| 22-10 · Treat regular social contact as part of health maintenance, not only something to seek when distressed | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …ed evidence that increasing social contact lowers mortality was not provided. This complements Chapter 3's advice to reduce draining relationships: retain those that restore you. |
23 · Which skills are worth learning?
24 · Getting medical care with less expense and fewer detours
25 · What to arrange after someone dies
26 · Building a website or platform: licenses, filings, and servers
27 · Pregnancy and childbirth: from a positive test to discharge paperwork
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter introduction | 18-1 · Include support you can claim: China’s national childcare subsidy is RMB 3,600 per child per year until age three | …s are outside its scope. For maternity benefits, leave, and the costs of raising children, see chapter 18. For care after birth, see chapter 20; for emergencies, chapter 13. The World Health Organiza… |
| Chapter introduction | 20-1 · Put babies on their backs on a firm, flat surface, sharing your room but not your bed, with no soft objects | … benefits, leave, and the costs of raising children, see chapter 18. For care after birth, see chapter 20; for emergencies, chapter 13. The World Health Organization estimates that about 260,000 wome… |
| Chapter introduction | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …ts of raising children, see chapter 18. For care after birth, see chapter 20; for emergencies, chapter 13. The World Health Organization estimates that about 260,000 women died during pregnancy and c… |
| 27-3 · Test for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B at the first antenatal visit and use prevention services when needed | 20-2 · Give the first hepatitis B vaccine dose within 24 hours of birth | …urface-antigen positive needs hepatitis B vaccine and hepatitis B immunoglobulin at birth; see chapter 20, entry 2. |
| 27-3 · Test for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B at the first antenatal visit and use prevention services when needed | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | …ing marriage, employment, medical care, and education. For routine prevention and testing, see chapter 1; for post-exposure prophylaxis after a high-risk exposure, see chapter 13. |
| 27-3 · Test for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B at the first antenatal visit and use prevention services when needed | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …tion and testing, see chapter 1; for post-exposure prophylaxis after a high-risk exposure, see chapter 13. |
| 27-4 · Avoid smoking and alcohol throughout pregnancy, and keep indoor air smoke-free | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …s the straightforward choice. For the effects of tobacco and alcohol on adults themselves, see chapter 2. |
| 27-7 · Learn the urgent warning signs: they matter during pregnancy and for a year afterward | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | … pain can indicate preeclampsia. A swollen painful calf can indicate deep vein thrombosis; see chapter 13. WHO warns that severe postpartum bleeding can kill an otherwise healthy woman within hours. S… |
| 27-11 · Check maternity insurance before pregnancy; an insured employee's nonworking spouse may qualify for childbirth medical benefits | 18-2 · Understand China’s 98-day maternity-leave baseline and how the maternity allowance is calculated | …ify the current rule where you are insured. For leave duration and allowance calculations, see chapter 18, entry 2. |
| 27-16 · Attend the 42-day postpartum check and ask about depression screening | 27-7 · Learn the urgent warning signs: they matter during pregnancy and for a year afterward | …ous problems remain possible throughout the first postpartum year. The urgent warning signs in entry 7 include thoughts of harming yourself or the baby, abnormal postpartum bleeding or discharge, a… |
| 27-16 · Attend the 42-day postpartum check and ask about depression screening | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | …eatment. Screening questionnaires and effective care are available. For suicidal thoughts, see chapter 1. For lawful options where a parent cannot care for a child, see chapter 9, entry 20. The postp… |
| 27-16 · Attend the 42-day postpartum check and ask about depression screening | 9-20 · If you cannot raise a child, seek a lawful civil-affairs process; do not sell or abandon the child | …icidal thoughts, see chapter 1. For lawful options where a parent cannot care for a child, see chapter 9, entry 20. The postpartum visit also reviews wound healing, uterine recovery, and pelvic-floor function.… |
28 · Changing your appearance without damaging your health
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 28-1 · Avoid extreme restriction, fasting, or purging to control weight | 2-33 · Aim for a BMI of 20–25, and lose excess weight | …y department. Eating disorders have established treatments and are not a failure of willpower. Chapter 2, entry 33 discusses BMI and mortality over the long term, rather than how to lose weight. BMI is weight … |
| 28-3 · Recognize the blindness risk of facial fillers, particularly around the nose, between the eyebrows, and forehead | 28-2 · Before injections, thread lifts, or surgery, verify the institution's cosmetic medical authorization and the responsible clinician's qualifications | …or self-injection and do not make a site risk-free. Verify the institution and clinician as in entry 2, and avoid informal injectors. |
| 28-5 · Avoid nonmedical anabolic steroid use for muscle gain | 28-4 · Avoid unverified pills, coffee, sweets, or preserved fruit promising rapid weight loss | …. Products promising exceptionally fast muscle gain may contain undeclared substances. As with slimming products, check legitimate drug authorization and prescribing; claims of quick results are a reason for… |
| 28-6 · If you are considering weight-loss medication, use a legitimate prescribing service | 28-5 · Avoid nonmedical anabolic steroid use for muscle gain | … unquantified benefit. The same sales rules apply to the anabolic steroids and sex hormones in entry 5 and entry 7. A clinician considers BMI, other conditions, and contraindications before decidin… |
| 28-6 · If you are considering weight-loss medication, use a legitimate prescribing service | 28-7 · Use sex hormones with an appropriate prescription and follow-up; do not adjust doses from internet posts | …d benefit. The same sales rules apply to the anabolic steroids and sex hormones in entry 5 and entry 7. A clinician considers BMI, other conditions, and contraindications before deciding whether me… |
29 · After a major life shock
30 · Children after they start school
| From | Destination | Context |
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| Chapter introduction | 20-1 · Put babies on their backs on a firm, flat surface, sharing your room but not your bed, with no soft objects | Chapter 20 covers the first year of life, and chapter 18 considers the money and time involved in raising… |
| Chapter introduction | 18-1 · Include support you can claim: China’s national childcare subsidy is RMB 3,600 per child per year until age three | Chapter 20 covers the first year of life, and chapter 18 considers the money and time involved in raising a child. This chapter covers roughly ages 3–1… |
| Chapter introduction | 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | …d should be. The first eight and last two entries concern mortality or lasting physical harm. Entry 9, on supposed myopia cures, concerns money. Entry 10, on sleep, homework, exercise, and ranking… |
| Chapter introduction | 30-10 · Use the written rules on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings when discussing school demands | …concern mortality or lasting physical harm. Entry 9, on supposed myopia cures, concerns money. Entry 10, on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings, and entry 11, on leave from school, concern time.… |
| Chapter introduction | 30-11 · School leave can preserve enrollment, with up to one year per application | …pposed myopia cures, concerns money. Entry 10, on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings, and entry 11, on leave from school, concern time. For drowning, transport, helmets, and HPV vaccination, se… |
| Chapter introduction | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | …on leave from school, concern time. For drowning, transport, helmets, and HPV vaccination, see chapter 1; infants, chapter 20; scams and game spending, chapter 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter… |
| Chapter introduction | 20-1 · Put babies on their backs on a firm, flat surface, sharing your room but not your bed, with no soft objects | …, concern time. For drowning, transport, helmets, and HPV vaccination, see chapter 1; infants, chapter 20; scams and game spending, chapter 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter 9; emergencies, chap… |
| Chapter introduction | 5-1 · Review automatic renewals and switch forgotten subscriptions to manual renewal | …rt, helmets, and HPV vaccination, see chapter 1; infants, chapter 20; scams and game spending, chapter 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter 9; emergencies, chapter 13; and parental bereavement, ch… |
| Chapter introduction | 9-1 · Do not forward unverified emergency reports or fabricate incident images | …apter 1; infants, chapter 20; scams and game spending, chapter 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter 9; emergencies, chapter 13; and parental bereavement, chapter 29. |
| Chapter introduction | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …r 20; scams and game spending, chapter 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter 9; emergencies, chapter 13; and parental bereavement, chapter 29. |
| Chapter introduction | 29-1 · In the first days after a death, arrange company, continue prescribed medicines, and treat chest pressure as an emergency | … 5; legal boundaries for minors, chapter 9; emergencies, chapter 13; and parental bereavement, chapter 29. |
| 30-1 · Sudden severe or worsening pain needs prompt assessment, not a wait until school ends | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …on, but their absence does not rule out an emergency. For emergency recognition and calls, see chapter 13. |
| 30-2 · Do not postpone time-sensitive treatment until after examinations | 30-7 · Read the annual school health report and follow up abnormal findings | …as randomized evidence, a clear growth-related window, and is a school screening priority; see entry 7. Other conditions with potentially important timing include strabismus, amblyopia, dental deca… |
| 30-2 · Do not postpone time-sensitive treatment until after examinations | 30-11 · School leave can preserve enrollment, with up to one year per application | …eserve enrollment for a period of treatment, with each application lasting up to one year; see entry 11. |
| 30-5 · Follow age-appropriate screen limits, while recognizing the limits of the evidence | 30-4 · Aim for two hours outdoors each day to help prevent myopia | …earch linking screens specifically to myopia is less conclusive than the outdoor-time trial in entry 4. |
| 30-5 · Follow age-appropriate screen limits, while recognizing the limits of the evidence | 30-4 · Aim for two hours outdoors each day to help prevent myopia | …guidance recommends two hours outdoors daily, and outdoor activity has randomized support; see entry 4. The same Chinese guidance recommends regular refractive screening at ages 1–3, 4–6, and from … |
| 30-5 · Follow age-appropriate screen limits, while recognizing the limits of the evidence | 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | …refractive screening at ages 1–3, 4–6, and from seven onward to monitor hyperopic reserve; see entry 12. A language-development meta-analysis of 42 studies and 18,905 children found longer screen ti… |
| 30-6 · Take myopia seriously: greater severity is associated with more retinal, macular, and glaucoma complications later | 30-4 · Aim for two hours outdoors each day to help prevent myopia | No charge to understand the risk. Practical actions are covered in entry 4 and entry 5. |
| 30-6 · Take myopia seriously: greater severity is associated with more retinal, macular, and glaucoma complications later | 30-5 · Follow age-appropriate screen limits, while recognizing the limits of the evidence | No charge to understand the risk. Practical actions are covered in entry 4 and entry 5. |
| 30-6 · Take myopia seriously: greater severity is associated with more retinal, macular, and glaucoma complications later | 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | …It still warrants prevention, progression management, and follow-up beyond buying glasses. See entry 12 for assessment and entry 9 for misleading cure claims. |
| 30-6 · Take myopia seriously: greater severity is associated with more retinal, macular, and glaucoma complications later | 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | …, progression management, and follow-up beyond buying glasses. See entry 12 for assessment and entry 9 for misleading cure claims. |
| 30-7 · Read the annual school health report and follow up abnormal findings | 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | … Poor vision needs ophthalmic assessment, including cycloplegic refraction when indicated; see entry 12. Abnormal spinal curvature needs orthopedic or spinal assessment; see entry 2. Parents still n… |
| 30-7 · Read the annual school health report and follow up abnormal findings | 30-2 · Do not postpone time-sensitive treatment until after examinations | … indicated; see entry 12. Abnormal spinal curvature needs orthopedic or spinal assessment; see entry 2. Parents still need to arrange those visits. |
| 30-8 · Consider depression screening at ages 12–18, and do not treat a school questionnaire as a diagnosis | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …reen indicates a need for assessment, not an established diagnosis. For suicidal thoughts, see chapter 1, entry 25; for family support after major difficulties, chapter 29. |
| 30-8 · Consider depression screening at ages 12–18, and do not treat a school questionnaire as a diagnosis | 29-1 · In the first days after a death, arrange company, continue prescribed medicines, and treat chest pressure as an emergency | …. For suicidal thoughts, see chapter 1, entry 25; for family support after major difficulties, chapter 29. |
| 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | 30-4 · Aim for two hours outdoors each day to help prevent myopia | …alth guidance similarly describes myopia as preventable and controllable but irreversible. See entry 4 for outdoor activity and entry 12 for proper assessment, correction, and follow-up. For blue-l… |
| 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | … myopia as preventable and controllable but irreversible. See entry 4 for outdoor activity and entry 12 for proper assessment, correction, and follow-up. For blue-light-blocking glasses, see chapter… |
| 30-9 · Avoid products marketed as curing myopia or restoring the prescription to normal | 6-1 · Do not take multivitamins to live longer or prevent cardiovascular disease | …ntry 12 for proper assessment, correction, and follow-up. For blue-light-blocking glasses, see chapter 6. |
| 30-10 · Use the written rules on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings when discussing school demands | 2-1 · Quit smoking—the earlier, the better | …B. They provide a basis for discussing what the school is expected to do. For adult sleep, see chapter 2 and chapter 3. |
| 30-10 · Use the written rules on sleep, homework, exercise, and rankings when discussing school demands | 3-1 · Turn off unnecessary notifications and keep your phone out of sight while working | …e a basis for discussing what the school is expected to do. For adult sleep, see chapter 2 and chapter 3. |
| 30-12 · Follow up poor vision with an eye examination and cycloplegic refraction when indicated | 30-7 · Read the annual school health report and follow up abnormal findings | …inding of poor vision is a screening result that still requires a complete eye assessment; see entry 7. |
| 30-13 · Ask about fissure sealants when permanent molars erupt | 30-7 · Read the annual school health report and follow up abnormal findings | …ontrol or community health services. Dental decay is also a school health-report priority; see entry 7. Numerical issue retained from the original: the 16%-to-5.2% example is not the direct convers… |
31 · Paths available after eighteen
32 · Studying abroad: immigration status, work, insurance, and qualification recognition
| From | Destination | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Chapter introduction | 21-1 · Check China's foreign-ministry travel warnings before departure and avoid destinations under the highest warning | …or consular assistance, China's 12308 line, and overseas medical and evacuation insurance, see chapter 21. For the study-versus-work calculation, see chapter 23; compromised accounts, chapter 14; and … |
| Chapter introduction | 23-1 · Under 16, ordinary employment is not a legal option in China: employers face RMB 5,000 per child per month | …s medical and evacuation insurance, see chapter 21. For the study-versus-work calculation, see chapter 23; compromised accounts, chapter 14; and telecom scams, chapter 8. |
| Chapter introduction | 14-1 · Turn on two-step verification for email, payments and social accounts; prefer an approval prompt to an SMS code | …, see chapter 21. For the study-versus-work calculation, see chapter 23; compromised accounts, chapter 14; and telecom scams, chapter 8. |
| Chapter introduction | 8-1 · After a traffic collision, stop, help, and call the police | …-versus-work calculation, see chapter 23; compromised accounts, chapter 14; and telecom scams, chapter 8. |
| 32-6 · Check China's study-abroad advisories before departure and during your course | 21-1 · Check China's foreign-ministry travel warnings before departure and avoid destinations under the highest warning | …live monitoring service; check current pages. For overseas safety and consular protection, see chapter 21. |
33 · Living after disability
34 · Use the medicines in your home safely
| From | Destination | Context |
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| Chapter introduction | 13-20 · After swallowing cleaners, pesticides or medicines, do not induce vomiting; seek urgent help with the container, and flush exposed eyes or skin for at least 15 minutes | …follow these links: what to do after swallowing the wrong medicine or a cleaning product is in entry 13-20; taking long-term medicines for the prescribed duration is in entry 16-1; and prescription rev… |
| Chapter introduction | 16-1 · Follow the prescribed treatment; do not stop merely because you feel better | …eaning product is in entry 13-20; taking long-term medicines for the prescribed duration is in entry 16-1; and prescription review when buying medicines online is in entry 28-6. The beneficiaries in … |
| Chapter introduction | 28-6 · If you are considering weight-loss medication, use a legitimate prescribing service | …escribed duration is in entry 16-1; and prescription review when buying medicines online is in entry 28-6. The beneficiaries in this chapter are you and your family, the two highest-priority groups i… |
| 34-2 · Do not use aspirin, nimesulide, or metamizole for a child's fever; do not give minors cold remedies containing metamizole | 20-8 · A temperature of 38°C or higher in a baby under three months needs prompt medical assessment | …y under three months with a temperature of 38°C should be taken directly for medical care; see entry 20-8. The evidence is rated B because the Reye's syndrome figures come from surveillance and a befo… |
| 34-4 · Do not give a child under two a combination cold or cough medicine without professional guidance | 34-1 · Before combining cold remedies or painkillers, check the ingredients: only one product should contain acetaminophen | …nese names and contain acetaminophen. Adding a fever reducer can duplicate the ingredient; see entry 34-1. One trial in the review found honey better than placebo, but honey must not be given to child… |
| 34-4 · Do not give a child under two a combination cold or cough medicine without professional guidance | 20-6 · Give no honey before the first birthday | …review found honey better than placebo, but honey must not be given to children under one; see entry 20-6. The evidence is rated B because there were few trials of each drug class and the reviewers di… |
| 34-5 · From 20 weeks of pregnancy, do not take NSAID painkillers such as ibuprofen on your own | 27-5 · If you are at high risk of preeclampsia, ask your clinician about low-dose aspirin after 12 weeks | …ght the threshold forward to about 20 weeks. For low-dose aspirin to prevent preeclampsia, see entry 27-5. The evidence is rated B because the figures come from adverse-event reports, without a denomi… |
Running an online platform in China: licenses, ongoing duties, and hosting choices
A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it
| From | Destination | Context |
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| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-26 · Keep an extinguisher, fire blanket, escape respirators and first-aid kit, and check them yearly | …ome emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it This guide accompanies chapter 1, entry 26, on fire extinguishers, fire blankets, escape hoods, and first-aid kits. It covers what to kee… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …ctions during a fire, cardiac arrest, severe bleeding, burns, or carbon-monoxide exposure, see chapter 13. Smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms are covered in chapter 1, entry 3; gas hoses and cooking app… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-3 · Install smoke alarms, and add a carbon monoxide alarm if you burn coal or use gas for indoor heating | …, or carbon-monoxide exposure, see chapter 13. Smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms are covered in chapter 1, entry 3; gas hoses and cooking appliances in entry 4. The focus is accidental injury, not illness. Ev… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-4 · Replace expired gas hoses and appliances, leave pipework to professionals, and decline compulsory sales pitches | … carbon-monoxide alarms are covered in chapter 1, entry 3; gas hoses and cooking appliances in entry 4. The focus is accidental injury, not illness. Evidence that simply purchasing equipment reduc… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-24 · In a fire, stay low, check doors before opening, use stairs and never go back for belongings | … low in smoke, checking doors before opening, and using stairs rather than lifts—is covered in chapter 13, entry 24. Smoke alarms are covered in chapter 1, entry 3. Put alarms and an escape plan ahead of treati… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-3 · Install smoke alarms, and add a carbon monoxide alarm if you burn coal or use gas for indoor heating | …using stairs rather than lifts—is covered in chapter 13, entry 24. Smoke alarms are covered in chapter 1, entry 3. Put alarms and an escape plan ahead of treating these three purchases as a complete solution.… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …escription. The more specific kit below works backward from the first-aid actions discussed in chapter 13. - Bleeding control: a windlass tourniquet—the type tightened using a rod—plus sterile gauze,… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-12 · Press firmly on severe bleeding; use a tourniquet for uncontrolled limb bleeding and call 120 | …rniquet, and why it should not be periodically loosened to “let blood through,” are covered in chapter 13, entry 12. - Wound care: povidone-iodine swabs, saline, adhesive dressings, sterile dressings, disposabl… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-14 · Cool a burn under cool running water for 20 minutes; do not apply toothpaste or soy sauce | …scussed here is 20 minutes under cool running tap water, rather than applying an ointment. See chapter 13, entry 14. - Medical information: a card listing household members’ allergies, chronic conditions, and r… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-15 · Sudden widespread rash with breathlessness or faintness can be anaphylaxis: call 120 and say so | …o-injector may also be needed. It is a prescription medicine; arrange it with a clinician. See chapter 13, entry 15, on recognizing and responding to anaphylaxis. This specific kit is grade C evidence: experie… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-3 · Install smoke alarms, and add a carbon monoxide alarm if you burn coal or use gas for indoor heating | …monoxide alarms: use the test button and follow the device’s testing and battery instructions. Chapter 1, entry 3 discusses annual replacement for replaceable batteries; an annual kit review does not replace … |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | … someone call China’s emergency number 120, and send someone to fetch a nearby public AED. See chapter 13, entry 1. - Uncertified “fire masks” or “gas masks.” Article 24 of China’s Fire Protection Law requires… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 5-24 · Do not stockpile merely because of crossed-out prices or shopping festivals | …uses a three-day starting point. The source warns against buying more merely to stockpile; see chapter 5, entry 24. Three days is not a universal maximum: local hazards and official guidance may require a diff… |
| A home emergency kit: what to keep, where to put it, and when to check it | 1-1 · Wear a seat belt in both the front and back seats | … ## 7. How much difference does equipment make? The evidence here is weaker than for some of chapter 1’s other actions. A Cochrane review combined 98 studies involving 2,605,044 people to examine … |
How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it
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| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 2-40 · Long-term night work carries growing cardiovascular risk; consider changing shifts early when feasible | # How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it This article expands on chapter 2, entry 40, which discusses the association between years of night work and cardiovascular risk. That ent… |
| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 3-2 · Wake at a consistent time, including weekends | …ous light perception can still have their circadian rhythm synchronized by light. This is why chapter 3, entry 2, on keeping the same wake-up time even at weekends, pairs that habit with morning light. ## 3… |
| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 2-40 · Long-term night work carries growing cardiovascular risk; consider changing shifts early when feasible | … mortality. ## 9. Related entries - How cardiovascular risk varies with years of night work: chapter 2, entry 40. - Recovering sleep after staying up late: chapter 2, entry 39. - Sleep duration and a regular… |
| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 2-39 · After a short night, catch up the next night instead of waiting for the weekend | …aries with years of night work: chapter 2, entry 40. - Recovering sleep after staying up late: chapter 2, entry 39. - Sleep duration and a regular schedule: chapter 2, entry 13. - Morning light and a consisten… |
| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 2-13 · Sleep around seven hours a night on a regular schedule | …ing sleep after staying up late: chapter 2, entry 39. - Sleep duration and a regular schedule: chapter 2, entry 13. - Morning light and a consistent wake-up time, including weekends: chapter 3, entry 2. |
| How your body keeps time—and why night work can be hard on it | 3-2 · Wake at a consistent time, including weekends | …edule: chapter 2, entry 13. - Morning light and a consistent wake-up time, including weekends: chapter 3, entry 2. |
When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help
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| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 13-2 · After a fall or collapse, crouch down, speak to the person and call 120; do not rush to lift them | …n a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help This is the longer discussion behind chapter 13, entry 2, on responding when an older person falls or someone collapses. The handbook groups beneficiar… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 19-6 · Unlawful termination compensation is twice the statutory severance standard | …urce treats that as generally an unlawful termination, with compensation calculated at 2N; see chapter 19, entry 6. But police reports and labor arbitration still take your time, and a later award does not und… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 8-15 · Take threats against family seriously and seek an urgent professional assessment | …rovision of leads to the police. For preserving evidence and reporting incidents yourself, see chapter 8, entry 15. 7. When the emotional burden becomes too much. Legal provisions offer ways to respond to the… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 1-25 · In China, call 12356 for depression or suicidal thoughts, and do not stockpile sleeping pills or pesticides | …impact, so it gives no number. It does point to China’s psychological support line, 12356; see chapter 1, entry 25. ## Two situations where walking away is not the same choice - You operate or manage the ven… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 8-1 · After a traffic collision, stop, help, and call the police | …r earlier actions created the hazard, this is not simply a question of helping a stranger. See chapter 8, entry 1, on traffic collisions and leaving the scene. ## If you decide to stop 1. Do not reflexively… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 13-1 · If someone collapses, is unresponsive and is not breathing normally, start chest compressions and have someone call 120 and find an AED | …unresponsive and not breathing normally, call for emergency help and begin CPR as described in chapter 13, entry 1. If they are breathing, call 120, give the exact location, and follow the dispatcher’s instruc… |
| When a stranger collapses: whether to stop, and how to help | 13-39 · If injured or out of pocket while rescuing someone, pursue the responsible party and medical coverage, then apply for formal courageous-rescue recognition | …physical, financial, and practical burdens. 5. If helping leaves you injured or out of pocket, chapter 13, entry 39 explains possible routes to recover those costs. ## Sources - National People’s Congress (20… |